WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
stressed adj 1: suffering severe physical strain or distress; "he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing" [syn: stressed, distressed] 2: bearing a stress or accent; "an iambic foot consists of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable as in `delay'" [syn: stressed, accented] [ant: unstressed]